According to the California Horse Racing Board?s (CHRB) annual report, there were 10 fewer racing fatalities during the 2008 racing season than the previous year.
In an attempt to quiet the fluttering of horses’ hearts caused by atrial fibrillation, researchers in Belgium found that a human medication does not restore a normal cardiac rhythm, despite reaching therapeutic levels.
Curlin, North America’s richest horse with earnings of more than $10.5 million, began his new career Feb. 13 when he covered his first mare at Will S. Farish’s Lane’s End Farm near Versailles, Ky.
According to a release from Lane’s End,
Charles F. Reid, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVR, emeritus professor of radiology at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center and a founder of the American College of Veterinary Radiologists (ACVR), died Feb. 12.
Reid graduated from Cornel
The Atlantic Veterinary College at the University of Prince Edward Island was recently awarded a grant by the Equine Foundation of Canada to support the development of chiropractic services for horses. The new service will mark the first time in
An educational symposium for Alabama horse owners and managers–be they beginners or experienced equestrians–will be held March 28 at the Ham Wilson Livestock Arena in Auburn. The program will address everything from horse health to pasture
Wild horses and burros could get more room to roam under a bill introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee on Thursday by Committee Chairman Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) and Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), chairman of the
Exactly 1,600 readers of TheHorse.com responded to a poll asking, “Are you in favor of horse licensing as identification?”
